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{{also|とう}}
==Japanese==

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|alt=如何:uncommon,怎:rare,怎う:rare}}
First cited to 1604 in the Portuguese work ''{{w|Arte da Lingoa de Iapam}}''.<ref name="KDJ">{{R:Kokugo Dai Jiten}}</ref>

The initial {{ja-r|ど}} may be cognate with the [[interrogative]] {{ja-r|ど}} seen in {{ja-r|どれ}}, {{ja-r|どこ}}, {{ja-r|どち}}.<ref name="KDJ"/>

Alternatively, possibly from older form {{ja-r|だう}}, much like the shift from {{ja-r|かう}} → {{ja-r|こう||like this, this way}}, or {{ja-r|さう}} → {{ja-r|そう||like that, that way}}.  This shift is apparently suggested in the ''{{w|Arte da Lingoa de Iapam}}'' entry of ''Dǒxô'', presumably {{ja-r|[[どう]] [[しよう]]}}.<ref name="KDJ"/>  However, the expected entries ''dǒ'' or ''dǒxô'' are missing from the 1603 ''{{w|Nippo Jisho}}''.<ref>{{R:Nippo Jisho original}}, relevant page [https://books.google.com/books?id=TFJAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP155#v=onepage&q&f=false here]</ref>

The kanji spelling is an example of {{juku}}, using the corresponding Chinese term for the spelling and the underlying Japanese root word for the reading.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR}}

====Adverb====
{{ja-pos|adverb}}

# in [[what]] manner, [[how]]
#: {{synonyms|ja|いかが|tr1=ikaga}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう''' やった の？|'''How''' did you do it?}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう''' やって も できない|can't do it no matter '''what'''|lit=can't do it no matter '''how''' one does}}
#: {{ja-usex|[[この後]]は'''どう'''する？|この あと は '''どう''' する？|What will we do after this? / What do you want to do after this?|lit=After this, '''how''' will we do?}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう''' しよう！|Oh no! What will we do now?|lit='''How''' should we do?}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう''' しよう も ない|can't be helped|lit=has not even '''how''' to do}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう'''だ！|'''どう''' だ！|'''How''' is it, huh? {{q|smug/triumphant}}}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう''' だろう。|I wonder.}}
#: {{ja-usex|計%画が'''どう'''なっているのか知らない。|けい%かく が '''どう''' なっている の か しらない。|I don't know '''how''' the project is going.}}
# [[what about]]... (used to make a suggestion)
#: {{ja-usex|お茶、'''どう'''？|おちゃ、'''どう'''？|'''How about''' some tea?}}
#: {{ja-usex|あなた は '''どう''' です か？|'''How about''' you? / '''What about''' you?}}

=====Usage notes=====
The term ''dō'' is generally considered more prosaic and informal than the synonym {{ja-r|いかが}}.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{ja-r|どう か}}
* {{ja-r|どうして}}
* {{ja-r|どうも}}
* {{ja-r|どう いう}}
* {{ja-r|どうやって}}

====Interjection====
{{ja-pos|interjection}}

# Casual greeting: Howdy? What's new? What's up?
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう'''？まあまあ。|'''^どう'''？ ^まあまあ。|'''Howdy'''? So-so.}}
# Casual question: It works? Is it OK?
#: {{ja-usex|'''どう'''？いいんじゃない。|'''^どう'''？ ^い.い ん じゃ ない。|'''It works'''? Seems OK.}}
# Call out to horses or cows to control/stop them: [[ho|Ho]]! [[hoy|Hoy]]! [[whoa|Whoa]]!

====See also====
{{Japanese demonstratives}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-see-kango|胴|動|堂|筒|道|銅|幢|鐃|同|怎}}

===References===
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